The Questions to the Boy
What is said to be one?
All beings subsist on food.
What is said to be two?
Mind and body.
What is said to be three?
The three feelings.
What is said to be four?
The four noble truths.
What is said to be five?
The five constituent groups of mind and body that provide fuel for attachment.
What is said to be six?
The six internal sense spheres.
What is said to be seven?
The seven factors of Awakening.
What is said to be eight?
The noble path with eight factors.
What is said to be nine?
The nine abodes of beings.
What is said to be ten?
When endowed with ten factors he is said to be Worthy.
- Translator: Bhikkhu Ānandajoti
- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato
Questions to be Answered by a Novice
One is what? All beings subsist on food.
Two is what? Name and form (mind and matter).
Three is what? Three kinds of feeling.
Four is what? Four Noble Truths.
Five is what? Five aggregates subject to grasping.
Six is what? Internal six-fold base.
Seven is what? Seven Factors of Enlightenment.
Eight is what? The Noble Eightfold Path.
Nine is what? Nine abodes of beings.
Ten is what? He that is endowed with ten attributes is called an arahant.
- Translator: Piyadassi Thera
